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Luke 6:49 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" But he who hears and doesn’t do, is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.” "
Luke 6:49
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47 Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words and does them, I will show you who he is like.
48 He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.
49 But he who hears and doesn’t do, is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream broke, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.”
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Luke 6:1
"Now on the second Sabbath after the first, he was going through the grain fields. His disciples plucked the heads of grain and ate, rubbing them in their hands."
Luke 6:2
"But some of the Pharisees said to them, “Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?”"
Luke 6:3
"Jesus, answering them, said, “Haven’t you read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him,"
Luke 6:4
"how he entered into God’s house, and took and ate the show bread, and gave also to those who were with him, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests alone?”"
Luke 6:5
"He said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”"
Luke 6:6
"It also happened on another Sabbath that he entered into the synagogue and taught. There was a man there, and his right hand was withered."
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